Bout agreements are in place for the fight, Sherdog.com confirmed
Wednesday with a source close to the contest. A venue has not yet
been named for Bellator 80, but the show’s main card will air live
on MTV2. Thus far, no contests have been officially announced by
the promotion for the Nov. 9 event.

Warren has not competed since March 9, when he suffered a brutal
knockout loss to Pat Curran
that cost him the Bellator featherweight title. That defeat marked
the second straight setback for the self-proclaimed “Baddest Man on
the Planet,” as Warren was previously starched by the hard-punching
Alexis
Vila last September in the Season 5 bantamweight tournament
quarterfinals. The 2006 Greco-Roman wrestling world champion began
his MMA career by topping seven of his first eight foes en route to
winning both the Season 2 featherweight tournament and Bellator’s
145-pound belt.

Evinger also rides back-to-back defeats into his showdown with
Warren. After earning six consecutive victories to kick off his pro
career, the Missourian was choked out by Brandon
Shelton in his Bellator debut last year. Though Evinger
rebounded with a victory under the Shark Fights banner, he was once
again tapped out with a rear-naked choke in his Bellator return
last October, this time submitting to Aaron Ely.
Most recently, Evinger fell to Allen
Gibson on Jan. 28, submitting to a second-round armbar at an FM
Productions show in Springfield, Mo.

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